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Pick A Winner!In What Tool Should I Develop

My Next App?

Mia Urman, CEO, AuraPlayer Inc.

@miaurman @auraplayer


Who is Mia Urman [email protected]

› Oracle ACE Director & Development Geek for over 18 years.

› 6 years at Oracle as a senior support analyst and local product

manager of Forms and ADF.

› CEO and Founder of AuraPlayer - Addressing Oracle Forms

challenges upgrades /modernizations/mobility encountered at blue

chip customers

› Presenter of Oracle tools at international conferences OOW,

Kscope, UKOUG …


Introducing AuraPlayer

Founders

Mia Urman CEO - Oracle ACE Director , 17 years exp. Oracle

Yossi Nakash R&D manager – Java/ development 16 years

2 Patents pending

Oracle Gold Partner

› Member of Oracle Customer Advisory Board for Mobile

› Only Certified Plug-in For Oracle Forms to Oracle Mobile Cloud

Awarded ODTUG

2016 Innovation Award

"Excellence in Creative,

Effective, Innovative Use

of Development Tools "

UKOUG Digital

Transformation

Partner of the Year!

Among Our Customers


› DBA? Forms Developers? Java Developers? APEX Developers?

› Developing in mobile?

› Begun to think about mobile strategy?

› Using any Oracle cloud products?

› How many devices did you bring with today?

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About You


Mobile / Cloud

WHY ALL THE BUZZ?


Today’s Mobile Developers


Now It is about Engaging User Experiences

FROM

TO

Thanks Suhas Ulliyar


Okay, So Where Did We Begin?


In The Beginning …


In The Beginning …


Tomorrow …


MAF

MBAAS

SOAP REST

JSON

Alta UI

DCSBYOD


We Start With

“Mobile First” ...



User Interface vs User Experience


The Right Technology for the Right Person

Java Developer JavaScript Developer PL/SQL Developer Business User

Oracle ADFOracle MAF

Oracle JET Oracle APEXOracle Forms

Oracle ABCSOracle MAX


In The Oracle Developers ToolBox

MAX

APEX


Oracle Alta UI

Design system developers to create modern, visually pleasing, consistent, and engaging

interfaces that can be easily distributed across all delivery channels


Oracle Application Express

A rapid, wizard based, web application

development tool for the Oracle database.

Using only a web browser, develop and

deploy DB centric PLSQL and Javascript

based applications that are both fast and

secure.


APEX - Application Express

PLSQL developers can create wizard based HTML apps for

browser or mobile based applications using only a browser.

Must have DB connection


Benefits

Very rapid development tool.

Sweet spot: DB centric applications, Internal applications

APEX is a great solution to consolidate spreadsheets, replace access , reporting for EBS

Incredibly easy to generate a web app with for CRUD data entry, simple reporting

APEX support forum has a ton of info and is well staffed by APEX devs.

PLSQL is not the next generation WEB developers language of choice

The Bad

The application logic and UI are intertwined as one DB object – The same arch we are trying to move away from

All UI and data contained in the database – not 3 tier

Not very flexible for complex UI interfaces, dynamic web content and rich UI interaction

Not most secure for external applications

Not suited for offline capabilities

Oracle vendor lock in. Free with DB license but Oracle only and who knows how long free will be free.

PL/SQL is not and will never be the Next Big Thing in web development.


Oracle Application Developer Framework

A complete development framework

that simplifies development of Java

based enterprise applications

focusing on declarative and visual

development approach


In a Nutshell

Development framework that simplifies development of Java EE-based SOA applications

– Visual editors, Property editors, dialogs etc…

Provides end-to-end infrastructure solutions…

– O/R Mapping /Persistence

– Controller, binding

– UI framework

– Security

Abstract developers from

technology complexities

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Oracle Application Development Framework

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Benefits

Rapid development tool for Java

3 tier Arch based on standard J2EE best practices

Sweet spot: DB centric applications, Internal or External applications

Used to develop Fusion Apps so huge library of widgets and GUI components

The Bad

Oracle is pretty much only customer ;) – Low adoption by market

Complex to master - Many technologies to learn Java, JSF, Jdeveloper, CSS

Oracle is moving away from it towards JavaScript

Not as performant

Small developer pool hard to find skill set


Oracle Application Builder Cloud Service

Build and host web applications in a

faster and simpler way with zero

install and no-coding required

visual development


Oracle ABCS – Oracle Application Builder Cloud Service

What it is

– A low-code development platform for business users to create

applications

Key features

– Visual and declarative

– Extensible in both backend and frontend

– Integration with other Oracle Services

– Both Web and device-resident Mobile app development

Includes Mobile Application Accelerator (MAX)

– Providing both application creation and runtime


Benefits

Very rapid development tool – “Low code” tool

Nice UI based on Alta UI design principles

Currently limited for SAAS customizations

Oracle is putting major weight behind this

Could prove to be a rising star

The Bad

It’s a fetus

It’s a cloud tool - some may not want cloud

May not be ready yet for prime time

Does not yet support REST

Limited UI templates


Oracle Mobile Cloud Service

Simplifies and secures the process of

connecting your mobile applications to

your enterprise systems and other

cloud services. MCS is a powerful

Mobile Backend as a Service (MBaaS)


Oracle Mobile Cloud Service

• Microservices API’s extensible with JavaScript (Node.JS)

• Built in Mobile APIs (Sync, Push, User Mgmt..)

• Development environment based on persona / role

• Enterprise grade security

• Client Development Tool Agnostic

• Usage & analytics for developers & business owners

• Integrated with Oracle’s complete PaaS solution and applications

Built for Mobile

Mobile 1st meets API First


Built ground up for Mobile First (Outside –In) with a Service First (Inside-Out) approach

Accelerates delivery of mobile applications

Unified hub for all mobile access to enterprise IT assets & external data sources

Back-end capabilities commonly required to support the on-device front ends of mobile apps

Built in analytics to measure mobile strategy effectiveness

Easy to maintain while mobile strategy evolves and matures

Build mobile applications with zero coding in the browser

Key DifferentiatorsMobile Cloud Service

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Mobile Analytics

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Usage Engagement Events

Funnels Location API Calls


Oracle Mobile Application Framework

A cross-platform, on-device

mobile development

framework leveraging

focusing on declarative

development using Java


Oracle Mobile Application Framework

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In a Nutshell

› Develop in Java for iOS and Android deployment

› Build once deploy to multiple platforms

› Develop in Jdeveloper or Eclipse

› Over 80+ UI components

› Offline capability with SQLite with encryption

› Full access to native device features

› What you see is what you get editor


Benefits

Development is in Java is easy to find developers

Great for offline capabilities

Very flexible UI options

Sweet spot: DB centric applications, Internal or External applications

Hybrid on device applications

The Bad

Low adoption by market

Complex to master - Many technologies to learn Java, JSF, Jdeveloper, CSS

Oracle maybe moving towards JavaScript ?

Not as performant ?

Small developer pool hard to find skill set


Oracle JET

A modular, enterprise-ready

toolkit that simplifies

development with a

JavaScript/HTML5/REST stack


Oracle JET – Oracle JavaScript Extension Toolkit What it is

– A toolkit for building enterprise applications using JavaScript/HTML5/CSS

Key features

– Rich set of UI components

– Web or on-device UI

– Accessibility and internationalization built-in

– Two-way binding for MVVM

– Advanced router for single page applications

– Common model layer

– Modular architecture - pick and choose/plug and play


Oracle JET

Complete JavaScript development framework

Advanced two-way binding with a common model layer

Leverages popular open-source technologies

Rich set of UI components

Smart resource management

For intermediate & advanced JS devs

Free and Open Sourced

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Benefits

Java script based development framework

Easy to find developers

Its an open source framework - FREE



The Bad

Requires development skills

Longer time to market

Runs in the browser / But can be containerized


Oracle Mobile Application Accelerator

A cross-platform, on-device

LOW CODE mobile

development tool for phone

based applications using only

a browser.


MAXOracle Mobile Application Accelerator

Nontechnical staff create cross-platform mobile applications for

tablets and phones visually, using only a browser

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Benefits

Very rapid development tool – “Low code” tool

Nice UI based on Alta UI design principles



The Bad

It’s the new kid on the block

It’s a cloud tool - If your not into that sort of thing

Limited UI templates and flexibility but getting there !


Oracle Forms a Facelift: Modernizing UI/UX

https://www.doag.org/konferenz/konferenzplaner/konferenzplaner_details.php?locS=0&id=473721&vid=506601




“What if you could mobilize any Oracle Forms business process, without changing or adding a single line of code?”


Unlock Oracle Forms / Oracle EBS systems

without redevelopment cost & risk

Same System - Many User Interfaces / Devices


The Solution for going Mobile with EBS & Oracle Forms

Enterprise grade Mobile Back-end in the Cloud

Rapid wizard-based development

Open standards, RESTful interfaces

Mobile analyticsoptimize performance

Expose existing Forms Applications as Web Services without writing one line of code

No redevelopment or migration of the Oracle Forms System

Built-in Mobile Servicesfor notifications, user management, offline data


Field Service Collision Reporting


Revenue Collection / Service Call


Where Do We Go From Here ?

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Need Desktop

• Oracle Jet

• ABCS

• APEX

NO CODE

• ABCS

• MAX

Offline

• Oracle MAF

• Oracle Jet (Coming soon)

ANY DEVICE

• Oracle Jet

• Oracle MAF – Can do tablet or phone

ANY OS

• APEX all OS

• Oracle Jet – Browser based

Mobile ONLY

• MAX

• MAF

JAVA

• ADF

• MAF

PLSQL

• Forms + AuraPlayer + MAX

• APEX

Phone Only

• Oracle MAX – Phone only

Ios/Android/

Windows

• Oracle MAF - Must have Apple account

• Oracle MAX

In Summary


And the winner is ….

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MICROSERVICES

REST / JSON / SOAP

Java Developer

Integration Developers

Mobile Developers

Business Users

CloudDeveloper

DatabasesHTML Pages

Legacy Systems


› Assess Your Requirements

› What platforms do we need to deploy to? UI requirements?

› Review Current Landscape

• Where can we increase revenue, promote corporate efficiency

› Understand Existing System

• Where does the business logic sit today?

› Define Timeline and Budget

› Choose development tools to review

› Conduct Proof of Concept of Proposed options

› Decide on final Implementation Method

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The Way Forward


More Information

Mia Urman

[email protected]

@miaurman

www.oracleformsinfo.com

www.AuraPlayer.com

[email protected]

@auraplayer

mailto:[email protected]

http://www.auraplayer.com/

http://www.auraplayer.com/

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http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/developer-tools/adf/overview/adf-mobile-096323.html

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